Pouring device for containers



nu. a, 192s. 1,564,853 I s. JACKSON A POURING DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS Filed Oct. 16. 1924 BY i? e@ ATTORNEY,

Patented Dec. 8, 1925. l i i y i UNITED STATES PATEN'l` OFFICE.v

SHERMAN JACKSON, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIG-NOR OF ONEfHALF TO LAWRENCE B. Y

i TROWBRIDGE, OF AKRON,A OHIO.

POURING DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS.

Application filed October 167 1924. Serial No. 743,964.

To alla/17mm t may concern.' scription is read in connection with` the ac- Be it known that I, SHERMAN JACKSON, companyiiig drawings in which one form of a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident the invention is illustrated, it being under" of Akron, county of Summit, State of Ohio, stood that the same is not limited to the spe` have invented certain new and useful lmciiic form shown and described. 60

provenieiits in Pouring Devices for Con- Of the accompanying drawings: j taiiiers, of which the following is a specifica- Figure 1 is a perspective view of'a powder tion. can provided with a pouring device embody- This invention relates to pouring devices ing the invention;

for containers, particularly for granular or Figure 2 is an enlarged detail plan show- 65 powdered substances and especially to a deing the device closed for shipment; vice ldesigned for use on cans of explosive Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figl powder such as are used for blasting purure 2; v poses iii mines, quarries, or the like. Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of The purpose of the invention, in general, Figure 3; 70 is to provide a device for the specific use Figure 5 is a detail plan of the pouring above mentioned, which device will be simtrough; ple and effective and will also comply with Figure G is a side elevation thereof; commerce laws in connection with the sliip Figure 7 is an outer end elevation thereof;

nient of explosives. The several features of Figure 8 is a detail plan of the slidable 75 the device, it is to be understood, however, closure plate; are capable of general application to pouring Figure 9 is a side elevation thereof; and devices for containers. Figure 10 is an outer end elevation thereof.

Heretofoi'e inthe shipment of powder in Referring to the drawings, 10 is a concans or kegs, an opening has been provided taiiier, such as a powder can, provided with 80 iii the top of the container which isv usually the usual top 11 with the exception that the circular in shape and is spaced inwardly top 11 is formed with an opening 12 imconsiderable distance from the periphery of inediately adjacent its outer periphery. 4Part the top. This opening has generally been of the metal of the top 11, which is struck closed by a cap, formed with a flange which from opening 12, Vis bent over on opposite 85 is adapted to seat in a circumferential groove sides of the opening to form flanges 13, 13

formed about the opening. The cap is re- (Figure` 4) and another portion thereof'is tained in place over the opening during employed to form a clip 14 for a purpose shipment by metallic clips secured onto the later to be described. At opposite ends of top of the can and bent over'the cap'. It the opening, upstanding flanges 13a, 13?L are 90 has been found that this structure will not formed. j

permit of easy removal of the contents of v Adjacent the outer. edge of the opening the can, as for example, when pouring of the 11 the top is formed with a slot 15 (Figure powder into cartridges. Moreover, two to 2), which is adapted to receive tongue 16,

40 three pounds of powder in a twentyfive formed integrallyon a pouring trough 17.v 95

pound can will not pour from the can at The trough 17 is formed of a single sheet all. Accordingly, miners frequently force 0f metal, so as to provide spaced outwardly an opening in the top of the can adjacent bowed side walls 18, 18, having arcuate the periphery by the use of a'pick. This inner edges as shcwn at 19 (F igures 3 and has resulted in numerous explosions with reA 6) and formed with stops indicated at 20. 100

sulting loss of life and property. The top 21 of. the trough 17, which when The chief object, therefore, of the present used for pouring` acts as the bottom, but

invention is to provide a simple, effective when the trough is not in use, provides a pouring device, especially for use on powder cover for the opening 11, is formed` with cans, which can be securely held in place flanges 22,22 adapted to seat on flanges 106 during shipment in such amanner as to com- 13, 13 (Figure 4). The lower surface of ply with the law and also a structure which the J60]? 21 1 5 adapted t0 Seat 0D the flanges is easy and inexpensive to manufacture. 13a, 13a (Figure 3). The arcuate edges 19 The foregoing and other objects will beof walls 18 of the trough are adapted to come more apparent when the following de` pass through slots indicated at 23, extend- 110 I ing. inwardly of the top from the inner ends of the opening 12 on both sides of flange 13a. Thus when the top 21 of the trough is seated on flanges 13, 13a, the'opening 12 Will be entirely closed.

In order that the top 21 will be held tightly on the flanges 13 and 13a, a retaining slide 24 is employed. The slide 24 is formed with bent under flanges 25, 25 on its opposite sides, which are so formed as to slidingly embrace flanges 13 and 22 (Figure 4). The outer end 26 of the slide is curved substantially on a radius equal to the radius ofthe top 11, so that it Will abut against a vertical flange 11a extending about the periphery of the top 11. The inner end of the slide 24 is notched at 27 for the re-A ception of the clip 14 which is adapted to be bent through notch 27- over the top of' the slide 25 to retain it in place (Figures 2 and On both sides of notch 27, the inner end of the slide is rolled int-o beads 28, 28, by which the slide 24 is adapted to be manually actuated. Y

In use, clip 14 is bent inwardly from the position shownin Figure 3, beads 28, are engaged by the finger nails and the slide 24 is drawn inwardly olf of flanges 13 and 22, thus unclainping the trough 17. The inner edge of the trough is then engaged by the finger nails, and the trough is opened outwardly, against the resistance of the bowed Walls 18 against the sides of opening 12 until the stops 20 engage the top 11. The can 10 may now be tilted, as will be understood, to pour the powder out of the can through the trough.

By clamping the flanges 13 and 22 together by the use of slide 24, which also urges the top of the trough against flanges 13a, and then securing the slide 24 by the clipY 14, the can is securely sealed for shipment in compliance With the law. The removal of the contents of the can may, hovvever, be easily accomplished by the simple operations described above, the danger accompanying the improper use of the old style of can, due to its inefficient operation, being entirely obviated. y

Modifications of the invention may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: Y

1. A pouring device for containers, comprising a container top having an opening therein adjacent its periphery, laterally eX- tending flangeson opposite sides of the opening, a trough pivoted for movement in the opening, flanges on the trough adapted to seat on the first flanges, a slide formed with anges on its under vsurface adapted to slidingly embrace the first and second flanges to clamp them together and a metallic clip on the container adapted to be bent over said slide to hold it in place.

2. A pouring device for containers, compi'ising a container top having anopening therein adjacent its periphery, laterally eX- tending flanges on opposite sides of the opening, a trough pivoted for movement in the opening, flanges on the trough adapted to seat on the first flanges, and a slide formed with flanges on its under surface adapted to slidingly embrace, the first and second flanges to clamp them together.

3. A pouring device for cans, comprising a container top having an opening therein, l laterally extending flanges extending upwardly from the opening and formed from the metal of the opening, a trough movable in the opening adapted to seat on the flanges, and means for clamping the trough onto the flanges, said means including a metallic clip also formed from the metal of the opening.

4. A pouring device for containers, comprising a trough `movable through an opening in the top of the container and a slide movable over the trough to retain the latter in closed position, said top and said slide having interengaging means thereon for locking said tro-ugh in its closed position and sealing said container.

SHERMAN JACKSON. 

